Thread: Post any pic anytime as many as u like

Simon too

Which ex?

Originally Posted by NamPikToot

Chitty blocks

Wot no Drew?

I'll get back to you.....

Originally Posted by Ukan Kizmiaz

great wall - hiked 8kms along it - very steep and crumbling in parts - hard work, I was rooted afterwards. Really good though

That's a great shot.

Hoping to do another train tour China in the future. Some amazing historical places to go to. Will bring me walking shoes for that bit.

Originally Posted by Mendip

Nyhamna, west coast of northern Norway.

If you're in the UK and turn on your gas hob to fry up some sausages, or to make some breakfast or dinner for a Teakdoor thread, there's a good chance the gas passed through here first.

Gas is first pumped through two pipelines from the Ormen Lange field, 120km offshore, to this processing plant in Nyhamna. From here the gas is pumped on to Easington in the UK through the 1200km long Langeled pipeline which provides 20% of the UK's gas requirements. The 42/44" pipeline was the longest subsea pipeline in the world at the time of construction.

Very interesting, cheers.

That pipeline looks a little exposed. Don't they protect them in any way?

^ Smaller diameter pipelines and cables are usually trenched below seabed, or if the soil's too hard for trenching may be gravel dumped. Mainly for protection against trawling.

This pipeline is 44" diameter and with several inches of reinforced concrete coating. There's not much that can damage it. Ships are supposed to anchor in designated areas away from any subea assets.

Originally Posted by OhOh

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That looks like and angler fish or monkfish - every 70s kid knows it as scampi

Yeah a monkfish. The Norwegians do a great dish with these, the tail is kind of rolled up and poached. There's not much meat on each fish though, they're nearly all head.

^ yep all head. As a kid the fishermen used to use the fish for bait in lines or crab pots then someone discovered they could make a scampi substitute and the price went through the roof and now these fukin trendy chef wankers have pushed the price up further.

When I'm at home this is what greets me every single morning around 6am. They want their morning walkies. Its like I've been away for weeks, not just for a few hours.

We have to keep them out back during the night or they'll start barking with the neighbours dogs at the front. They get the run of the workshop and have the life of Reilly.

They're a motley assortment but I miss these guys when I'm away. And my daughter of course... oh, and my good wife!

Originally Posted by Mendip

They want their morning walkies

...are they on leashes?...

^ They can get a bit tangled up at times.

...so, these are all former soi dogs brought to civilization by your efforts?...

Yes!

Left to right... Tommy, 9 months old, part of a litter from a pregnant bitch dumped up the road from us. We re-homed the rest of the litter. Me at back. Yogi (at front), 5 months old, part of a litter from a feral dog living about a kilometre away (on my dog walking route). We found him a home along with the rest of the litter but were let down, so ended up keeping him (didn't have the heart to put him back out on the street). Dan, 13 years old and found as a puppy after being hit by a car and half dead in Korat city. She is/has been a great dog (we lost her brother last year to cancer). And Max, 4 years old, found on the side of a busy main road after being dumped on his own as a very young puppy.

...^green owed...thanks for the family portrait...

^ Mate, others maybe be different ... but I can't see any of your images above ...

Can see them no problem on me Win 7 PC.

They've already been changed to the TD hosted img url.

I can't see em either

OK now?

...thanks...rescue dogs are the way to go...

^^ All good

Originally Posted by tomcat

...thanks...rescue dogs are the way to go...

Fit for purpose is my determinant.

Living in Alberta at the time, initially to the east of Calgary where the land is flat wheat prairie land. The wildlife is



Coyotes

and



Jack Rabbits.

My



Gordon Setter

was too slow,

the



whippet

too small, the rabbits were it's size.

The Deerhounds were fast enough for catching the Jack Rabbits and large enough to chase or scare away the Coyote packs.

Pure-breds also ensure you dont buy/acquire a pig in a poke.

But it is as always "up to you".